Rising seas and deforestation force families off their land into gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
An English summary of this report is below. The original report, broadcast in French on France Inter, follows.
Coastal erosion is intensifying in Haiti and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. These changes are forcing many farmers to abandon their land and migrate to the city, where they become prime targets for gangs.
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Entre violence et les effets du réchauffement climatique
L'érosion côtière s'intensifie, les événements climatiques extrêmes se multiplient. Ces transformations contraignent nombre de paysans à abandonner leurs terres pour migrer vers la ville, où ils deviennent les cibles privilégiées des gangs.
